Daily Archives: February 1, 2010

Obama Scrubs NASA’s Manned Moon Missions

1 February 2010
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Although NASA will get a budget increase for 2011, plans to return humans to the moon by 2020 would be officially scrapped, because the program is "over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in innovation," according to the White House.

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Birds Got Too Fat to Fly After Dinosaurs Vanished?

1 February 2010
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The ancestors of ostriches and other flightless birds once flew, a new study says. They apparently grounded themselves in earnest, though, after dinosaurs were wiped out.

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How to Survive Without Sex for 50 Million Years? Dry Up

1 February 2010
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Scientists have finally solved the mystery of how one tiny creature has flourished for up to 50 million years without sex: it dries up.

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